Thanks, I have this link and have seen this before however it is difficult to tell as there doesn't seem to be an actual definitive answer and is vague at best with so many variables, I see corrected and uncorrected information...It would be a logical presumption that they would base it on an uncorrected test comparatively with a 'before and after' type scenario so as to see if there is any visual acuity loss, however its the VA and run by the us gov...

I'm not sure what your implying here, but why would they rate you for uncorrected vision only? If corrective lenses enable you to see and do normal things why would they give you compensation for that? I have macular degeneration and SC for it, but at 0%. I'm very happy with that because I sure don't want it to get worse.

Should be self explanatory, however simply because when I volunteered for us military service my vision was perfectly fine and I did not have any injuries until having served in the us military, that's why.

Perhaps if you give more detailed information on the eye injury someone can gander at a guess as to the outcome/percent award that you may receive from your injury or offer advice on how to handle the claim. If it happened during the service and documented in your medical records, then the VA will award you SC on it. Good luck and thanks for your service.

Determining service connection and rating the severity of a disability are two totally different issues. Also, there are numerous different diagnoses that involve visual disabilities. To address the issue of how the VA rates disabilities you must keep in mind that the presumption throughout the rating schedule is the impact that the condition has on your wellbeing. As I recall there are ratings defined for the cases of when a correction can be made and another for when it cannot. I do not see this as offering a choice. Even in the hearing loss schedule, where testing is conducted without hearing aids, it is implicitly built into the schedules the consideration that hearing loss can be helped by hearing aids.